Get Informed: COPD

COPD: Overview

COPD, also known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease (COAD), is a lung condition that consists of heavy sputum production (chronic bronchitis) and destruction of lung tissue (emphysema). Most often caused by long term exposure to cigarette smoke, COPD is a common cause of shortness of breath in older patients - often made worse by infections and/or exposure to air pollution.

Last Text Update:
Last Data Update:: 2011-06-30 16:55

Medications used for COPD

Drugs commonly taken by MediGuard users for COPD are listed below, together with the percentage of patients that take each drug.

Commonly Used Medication Name*	% of Patients	Severity
Spiriva	8%	Moderate
Oxygen	8%	Moderate
Atrovent	6%	Moderate
Foradil	6%	Moderate
Combivent	6%	Moderate
Azmacort	5%	Moderate
Symbicort	5%	Moderate
Serevent	5%	Moderate

Less than 5%: Mucinex, Theophylline, Mometasone, Flovent, Advair, Xopenex, Maxair, Beclomethasone Nasal, Pulmicort, Qvar, Proair HFA, Triamcinolone, Accolate, Tessalon, Acetazolamide, Tussin DM, Orapred, Intal, Medrol, Singulair, Fluticasone, Asmanex, Entocort EC, Prednisone

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of MediGuard users are listed.

**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.